National Energy Action has launched Warm Homes, Healthy Futures, our GB-wide fuel poverty and health programme. Announced at our reception in London in March 2024.

Two years into the energy crisis, we would like to understand the ‘state of play’ for our local authority partners in the many different roles they deliver.

In response to today’s Budget, Chief Executive of National Energy Action (NEA), Adam Scorer, says fuel poor households have been forgotten.

Today the UK government reveals 3.17 million households in England are in fuel poverty – virtually unchanged from 2022. The figures show that the fuel poverty crisis is deepening.

Today Labour announces a new warm homes plan.

The UK Fuel Poverty Monitor report from National Energy Action (NEA) and Energy Action Scotland (EAS) sets out the urgent priorities for tackling fuel poverty in England and across the UK. 

A new report launched this week by National Energy Action (NEA) and Energy Action Scotland (EAS) warns the UK government will miss a legal requirement on fuel poverty in England by a staggering margin.

National Energy Action’s key proposals: 1. Deliver on the commitment to consult on a new mandated social tariff from April 2024 2. Address a growing mountain of debt in the energy sector through a ‘help to repay’ scheme 3. Provide additional funding to upgrade the homes of fuel poor households, alongside effective regulations in the PRS

National Energy Action has consistently advocated for payment premiums to be eliminated in the energy market. Historically, our focus has been on the premium faced by prepayment users, which before the pandemic, was the larger differential.